Steroids Are Sexy

I haven't talked about my views about the latest baseball scandal, but my view on this are quite simple. This era of Baseball should not be called the Steroid Era as many people have called it, but make it much more simple then that...call it the Illegal Drug Era of Baseball. Why change the name? Although it is a less sexier name it is important that people understand that pushing, abusing and illegally using steroids or other performance enhancing drugs is just like abusing any other kind of drug whether it is LSD, cocaine, marijuana or heroine. They are abusing drugs. There is no difference between the trainers pushing steroids and say a dealer pushing drugs on the street. There is no difference between the person abusing and illegally using steroids then a person abusing cocaine. It's the same thing.

So, the people out there that thinks it is bad for a person to use LSD, cocaine, marijuana or heroine and then turn around and say that steroids abuse and illegal use is ok, I have just one thing to say to you. You are a hypocrite. Bottom line, pushing, abusing and illegal use of LSD, cocaine, marijuana heroine and steroids are all bad and should be treated in the same manner. If we are going to arrest people and throw them in jail for pushing, abusing and illegal use of cocaine, then we should be doing the same with steroids pushers, abusers and illegal users.

It's amazing, we have come full circle. In the early 80's, former first lady, Nancy Regan, introduced the DARE program and to "Just Say No". We spent millions of dollars to encourage children to say No to drugs. So what did we do...We got the kids involved in after school programs, scouts, dance. We kept them busy 24 hours a day and out of trouble. We got them into sports and soon it became a obsession. Win at all costs...Figure out a way to get a competitive edge on your classmate so you can get that all important sports scholarship. Now high school kids are taking steroids to get that competitive edge...to get that sports scholarship.

As a nation we need to understand that pushing, abusing and illegally using steroids is not sexy and we need to "Just Say No".